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Findings:
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Carpal height & Carpal height ratio:
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Distal Radius Fracture:
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Radial Length & Width:
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Scapholunate Dislocation
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Scaphoid Fracture:
- Types of Radiographs:
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Arthrography of the Wrist
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AP View
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Carpal Tunnel View
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Clenched Fist PA
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Lateral View
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PA View
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Pronated Olblique - demonstrates adequately STT joint;
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Reverse Oblique - 15 deg
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Supinated Oblique
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Ulnar Variance:
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Zero Rotation Views
- AP View is prefered for Wrist Pathology:
- AP has dorsum of hand touching film, w/ x-ray beam passing palmar to dorsal, whereas in
PA film,
palmar surface lies flat on film & x-ray beam passes from the dorsal to palmar surface;
- palmar surfaces of most carpal bones are narrower, & these bones are best profiled in
AP projection because
of the alignment of the peri-articular cortices with the diverging incident x-ray beam;
- position of
ulnar styloid will determine which way film was obtained;
- in standard
PA view,
ulnar styloid is peripheral;
- in standard AP View, ulnar styloid points centrally;
Problem Disorders of the Wrist--Symposium: The Vascularity of the Wrist: Identification of *Arterial* Patterns at Risk.
An alternative method for determination of the carpal height ratio.
Year Book: Roentgenographic Examination of the Wrist: A Systematic Study of the Normal, Lax and Injured Wrist.
Part 1: The Standard and Positional Views.
Schernberg-F.
1992 Year Book of Hand Surgery. Article 9-6.
Original Article: J Hand Surg. 1990. 15-B. pp 210-219.
Year Book: Roentgenographic Examination of the Wrist: A Systematic Study of the Normal, Lax and Injured Wrist. Part 1: The Standard and Positional Views.
Year Book: Roentgenographic Examination of the Wrist: A Systematic Study of the Normal, Lax and Injured Wrist. Part 2: Stress Views.
Year Book: Roentgenographic Examination of the Wrist: A Systematic Study of the Normal, Lax and Injured Wrist.
Part 2: Stress Views.
Schernberg-F.
1992 Year Book of Hand Surgery. Article 9-7.
Original Article: J Hand Surg. 1990. 15-B. pp 220-228.
